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Teacher Eric Balak and Invention Convention participants from Bear Creek School (from left) Timothy Leaman, Zachary Reever, Marley Leggett, Liesel Keller, Fianna Clark, Kyle Southard, Poppy Sands, Jacob Pierdon (back) and Charlotte Rosborough
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ow would you tackle the problem of light pollution? If you’re a student in Eric Balak’s gifted classes at Bear Creek School in the Elizabethtown Area School District, you have an answer to that question. Three teams of third- and fourth-graders participated in the Pennsylvania Invention Convention earlier this year, and each team earned a spot in the state competition happening on Feb. 7.
The Light Savers, a fourthgrade team comprising Marley Leggett, Timothy Leaman and Zachary Reever, drew inspiration from a lesson on light pollution in their English Language Arts class. Their invention, the “Light Cocoon,” features flaps attached to a servomotor that can open and close around a streetlight, directing light downward versus into the sky. The Plate Pioneers, a thirdgrade team consisting of Poppy Sands, Kyle Southard, Jacob Pierdon and Charlotte
Rosborough, revolutionized the standard school food tray with their creation, “Smart Tray.” The tray incorporates color coding, labeling and sensor pressures with LED lights to promote healthier eating habits at school. Recyclified, another thirdgrade team composed of Liesel Keller and Fianna Clark, devised a solution to promote and gamify recycling practices at school. Their invention involves a circuit button per grade level, adding a point on a connected scoreboard every time the button is pressed.
For the competition, the teams created a prototype to address a real-world problem of their choosing, kept an invention log and crafted a pitch video for the judges. The students compete on Feb. 7 at the Hershey Lodge with others from across the state, and one team from that competition will progress to the national level. Balak, who is in his first year teaching at Bear Creek, pitched the idea of competing in the Invention Convention to all 47 of his students. The nine students who chose to participate formed
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Last fiscal year, Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS) provided ser vices to more than 880 households in the northwest region of Lancaster County, said Natalie Dixon, development director for the Elizabethtown-based nonprofit. All services are provided free of charge to clients. You can help support the mission of ECHOS by attending the ECHOS of Hope Gala. The event will take place on Saturday, April 13, at Brossman Ballroom at Masonic Villages, 71 Freemason Drive, from 6 to 10 p.m. The evening will begin with a cocktail hour and silent auction, Dixon noted. “The cocktail hour will also feature a fun photo booth sponsored by FX Photo Booths,” she said. “There will be hors d’oeuvres as well as an open bar sponsored by Grandview Vineyard.” The event will also feature the second year of the Champagne & Diamonds activity. Sponsored by Andrew Douglas Jewelers, this portion of the evening will include a champagne wall filled with 100 glasses. “Ninety-nine of the glasses will hold a cubic zirconia and one will have a real diamond,” Dixon shared. “A qualified jeweler will be on-hand to inspect the gems and find the lucky winner of the real diamond. The winner will be announced later in the evening and will be able to exchange their diamond for a piece of jewelry valued at $2,500 to $3,000.”